Cash Grants Available for Women Seeking Education to Improve Their Family’s Lives: Local Women’s Service Organization Seeks Applicants for Soroptimist International Women
San Ramon, CA, November 05, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley, a volunteer organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, is seeking applicants for their Women’s Opportunity Awards. Applications are currently available at http://soroptimist-sr.org/index.php/grants. The application deadline is November 15, 2011.
Since 1972, the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards program has provided financial resources to women who are the primary wage earners for their families to assist in their efforts to attain higher education or additional skills and training. The award can be used for tuition, books, childcare, carfare or any other education-related expense.
Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley will provide cash awards of up to $3000 to award recipients. Recipients become eligible to advance to the regional and national levels of Soroptimist International where additional cash prizes are awarded.
Applications are currently available at http://soroptimist-sr.org/index.php/grants. Applications are due on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. For questions about the Women’s Opportunity Award, please contact Nicole Cring at nicole.cring@yahoo.com or call 413-358-3005.
About Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley
Founded in 1984, Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley (SISRV) is part of an international organization of almost 100,000 business and professional women in 120 countries, who work to improve the lives of women and girls, locally and throughout the world. SISRV holds the annual “She’s All That! one-day conference for middle school girls and their parents, aimed at helping girls adjust during a time of rapid physical and emotional change. Other on-going service projects include sponsoring high school service clubs, called S-Clubs, on campus at California High School and Monte Vista High School in San Ramon and Foothill High School in Pleasanton, awarding grants to women and girls making a difference in their communities and fundraising to support other non-profits aligned with our organization’s mission, Bay Area Crisis Nursery, Discovery Counseling Center, Teen Esteem and IMPACT Bay Area. For more information please visit http://www.soroptimist-sr.org/ or find us on Facebook at http://bit.ly/SISRVFacebook.
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Since 1972, the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards program has provided financial resources to women who are the primary wage earners for their families to assist in their efforts to attain higher education or additional skills and training. The award can be used for tuition, books, childcare, carfare or any other education-related expense.
Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley will provide cash awards of up to $3000 to award recipients. Recipients become eligible to advance to the regional and national levels of Soroptimist International where additional cash prizes are awarded.
Applications are currently available at http://soroptimist-sr.org/index.php/grants. Applications are due on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. For questions about the Women’s Opportunity Award, please contact Nicole Cring at nicole.cring@yahoo.com or call 413-358-3005.
About Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley
Founded in 1984, Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley (SISRV) is part of an international organization of almost 100,000 business and professional women in 120 countries, who work to improve the lives of women and girls, locally and throughout the world. SISRV holds the annual “She’s All That! one-day conference for middle school girls and their parents, aimed at helping girls adjust during a time of rapid physical and emotional change. Other on-going service projects include sponsoring high school service clubs, called S-Clubs, on campus at California High School and Monte Vista High School in San Ramon and Foothill High School in Pleasanton, awarding grants to women and girls making a difference in their communities and fundraising to support other non-profits aligned with our organization’s mission, Bay Area Crisis Nursery, Discovery Counseling Center, Teen Esteem and IMPACT Bay Area. For more information please visit http://www.soroptimist-sr.org/ or find us on Facebook at http://bit.ly/SISRVFacebook.
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Robyn Forman
510-508-1229
www.soroptimist-sr.org/
Robyn Forman
510-508-1229
www.soroptimist-sr.org/
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